Support Program for Translation and Publication (2017 - 2018)

Asia and Oceania

Country/
Language
Title of the Book Recipient
(Publisher)
Author/
Translator
Type of Support
KOREA/
Korean
Shurijō e no Sakamichi Sakyejul Publishing Ltd. Kei Yonahara/
Kyung-taek Yim
Translation and Publication
THAILAND/
Thai
Sanshirō J Literature Co., Ltd. Sōseki Natsume/
Methasate Namthip
Translation and Publication
VIETNAM/
Vietnamese
Lid of the Sea Nha Nam Publishing and Communications JSC. Banana Yoshimoto/
Duong Thi Hoa
Translation and Publication
VIETNAM/
Vietnamese
Snow Country Innovative Publishing and Media Join Stock Company Yasunari Kawabata/
Nguyen, Thi Lam Anh
Translation and Publication

The Americas

Country/
Language
Title of the Book Recipient
(Publisher)
Author/
Translator
Type of Support
U. S. A./
English
Inheritance from Mother Other Press Minae Mizumura/
Juliet Winters Carpenter
Publication

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Country/
Language
Title of the Book Recipient
(Publisher)
Author/
Translator
Type of Support
ITALY/
Italian
Soundtrack Sellerio Publisher Hideo Furukawa/
Gianluca Coci
Publication
ITALY/
Italian
L'uomo Senza Talent Canicola Edizioni Yoshiharu Tsuge/
Vincenzo Filoso
Translation and Publication
U.K./
English
Marx: Towards the Centre of Possibility Verso Books (New Left Books Ltd) Kojin Karatani/
Gavin Walker
Translation
U.K./
English
Park Exit Tilted Axis Press Miri Yū/
Morgan Giles
Publication
NETHERLAND/
Dutch
Ningen no jōken Van Oorschot Publishers Junpei Gomikawa/
Jacques Westerhoven
Publication
SPAIN/
Spanish
Floating Cloud Satori Ediciones Fumiko Hayashi/
Kayoko Takagi
Translation and Publication
SPAIN/
Spanish
Pro Bono Libros del Asteroide Seichō Matsumoto/
Marina Bornas
Translation and Publication
SPAIN/
Catalan
A Portrait of Shunkin LAPISLATZUI EDITORIAL Jun'ichirō Tanizaki/
Kō Tazawa
Translation and Publication
FRANCE/
French
The structure of world history CNRS Editions Kōjin Karatani/
Makoto Asari
Translation and Publication
FRANCE/
French
Mark's Mountain Actes Sud Kaoru Takamura/
Sophie Refle
Translation and Publication
ALBANIA/
Albanian
Kokoro OMBRA GVG Publishing House Sōseki Natsume/
Pirro Dollani
Translation and Publication
ARMENIA/
Armenian
The Thief "Guitank A" scientific,educational and cultural fund Fuminori Nakamura/
Aleksandr Aghabekyan
Translation and Publication
UKRAINE/
Ukrainian
Japanese Folk Tales Veselka Unknown/
Ivan Dziub
Translation and Publication
CZECH REPUBLIC/
Czech
Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru ARGO Kenji Miyazawa/
Petr Kabelka
Translation
BULGARIA/
Bulgarian
The Housekeeper and the Professor Colibri Publishers Yōko Ogawa/
Margarita Ukegawa
Translation and Publication
ROMANIA/
Romanian
The Tale of Genji Editura Polirom Murasaki Shikibu/
Angela Hondru
Translation and Publication
RUSSIA/
Russian
Spring Garden Symposium Publishing House Tomoka Shibasaki/
Strugova Elena
Publication
EGYPT/
Arabic
I am a cat Marousa for Publishing, Information & Press Service Sōseki Natsume/
Maher Elsherbini
Translation and Publication

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